Coffee-filter.



H. A. SPARBER.

COFFEE F ILTER. APPLICATION FILED APR-4| 1914.

1,171,675. Patented Feb. 15,1916. 1

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HARRY A. SPARBEB, OF LETHBRIDGE; ALBERTA, CANADA.

' COFFEE-FILTER.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, HARRY A. SPARE-ER, a citizen of Canada, residing at Lethbridge,

in the Province of Alberta and Dominion of Canada, have invented new and useful Improvements in Cofiee-Filters, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to a filter for use with coffee pots and similar utensils, wherein the solid material is conveniently held and subjected to the action of the water,

while prevented from mixing with the resultant solution, whereby the coffee when poured from the pot will be clear from solid particles.

The main object of the present invention is the provision of a filter device which is readily applied to or removed from. the coffee pot as an entirety with'the parts constructed for ready separation to introduce the ground material therein. I

The invention in the preferred form of details will be described in the following specification, reference being bad particularly to the accompanying drawings, in which 2-- Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view illustrating the device in use in the cofieepot.

F lg. 2 is a perspective view of the device detached. r

In carrying out the improvement, I provide a material receiving cage 1 of any foraminous material having a bail 2 at'the upper end whereby the device may be handled as a whole.

A filtering chamber 3 is provided which'is Specification of Letters Intent.

Application filed April 4, 1914. Serial No. 829,604.

be ar- Patented Feb. 15, 1916.

ranged at any desiredheight within the filtering vessel. The filtering vessel is provided at its lower end with supporting legs 5 to bear on the bottom of the pot in which the device is used Centering. arms have their upper ends attached to the band 8.

In the use of the. improvement, the ma terial is placed in the container 1 and the latter inserted to the proper depth within the filtering vessel and secured in such position by the screws 4. The device as a whole, through manipulation of the same by means of the bail 2 is then placed in the coffee pot 7, the device being supported by the legs 5 and centrally spaced within the cofiee pot through the medium of the arms 6. The water poured into the pot is heated in the usual manner until the solution is of the proper strength, the filtering medium separating the solid particles from the solution so'that when poured from the pot it is abso- -lutely clear of any sediment.

The structure is of course to be made in various sizes and may be particularly constructed with a view to its cooperation with the special type of coffee pot, its use being also contemplated with materials other than coffee if desired.

What is claimed is The herein described filter for use in a,

cofiee pot and comprisinga filtering vessel of screen material having an open upperend and having supportin legs at its lower end, a foraminous materia container'adapted to slidably fit within the filter "vessel, a

band around the filteringi vessel clamping screws carriedby the ban filtering vessel and spacing arms also car'- -ried by the band and adapted to engage the wall of the pot.

In testimony .whereofI aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HARRY A.1SPARBER. Witnesses:

'- ashram and to secure the; container in adjusted position within the 

